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<< Our Photo Pages >> Abri de Laugerie-Haute - Cave or Rock Shelter in France in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 18042

Natural PlacesSite Name: Abri de Laugerie-Haute
Country: France Département: Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Sarlat-la-Canéda  Nearest Village: Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-
Latitude: 44.953000N  Longitude: 1.003000E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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TheCaptain saw from a distance on 18th May 2005 - their rating: Access: 4 Just to the northwest of Les Eyzies on the west bank of the river Vézère is found the ancient cliff settlement of Laugerie Haute. This was one of the biggest rock shelters anywhere and was inhabited since 50000 years ago. But much of the cliff roof fell down about 10000 years ago and wrecked the place. This had the effect of burying all the archaeology hence preserving it to the present day and preventing it being rebuilt and reused in the millennia past or being plundered in the last few centuries.

Abri de Laugerie-Haute
Abri de Laugerie-Haute submitted by TheCaptain : Just to the northwest of Les Eyzies on the west bank of the river Vézère is found the ancient cliff settlement of Laugerie Haute. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Just to the northwest of Les Eyzies on the west bank of the river Vézère is found the ancient cliff settlement of Laugerie Haute. This was one of the biggest rock shelters anywhere and was inhabited since 50000 years ago.

But much of the cliff roof fell down about 10000 years ago and wrecked the place. This had the effect of burying all the archaeology hence preserving it to the present day and preventing it being rebuilt and reused in the millennia past or being plundered in the last few centuries.


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Abri de Laugerie-Haute
Abri de Laugerie-Haute submitted by TheCaptain : This was one of the biggest rock shelters anywhere and was inhabited since 50000 years ago. Much of the cliff roof fell down about 10000 years ago and wrecked the place. This had the effect of burying all the archaeology hence preserving it to the present day and preventing it being rebuilt and reused in the millennia past or being plundered in the last few centuries. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Abri de Laugerie-Haute
Abri de Laugerie-Haute submitted by durhamnature : Cross-section drawing, from "L'Homme Prehistorique" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

Abri de Laugerie-Haute
Abri de Laugerie-Haute submitted by durhamnature : "baton" from the cave, on right of picture, with similar carvings from other sites, from "Introduction to Prehistoric Art" via archive.org Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France (Vote or comment on this photo)

Abri de Laugerie-Haute
Abri de Laugerie-Haute submitted by TheCaptain : Just to the northwest of Les Eyzies on the west bank of the river Vézère is found the ancient cliff settlement of Laugerie Haute. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Abri de Laugerie-Haute
Abri de Laugerie-Haute submitted by TheCaptain : This was one of the biggest rock shelters anywhere and was inhabited since 50000 years ago. Much of the cliff roof fell down about 10000 years ago and wrecked the place. This had the effect of burying all the archaeology hence preserving it to the present day and preventing it being rebuilt and reused in the millennia past or being plundered in the last few centuries.

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Re: Abri de Laugerie-Haute by Anonymous on Thursday, 04 July 2013
Here's a picture I made from the inside of the abri. You can use it if you like.
http://avanarum.hyves.nl/fotos/?ga_campaign=photoAlbumEntry_ProfileHeader#mb=940422321.3.%7C6%7C%7C6782975%7C%7C%7C19%7C%7C26644901%7Cd-zRsHOM%7C%7C8%7C%7C940422321%7C0lIk%7C&__state__=1

Here's me besides the placque at the entrance.
http://avanarum.hyves.nl/album/26644901/Iedereen/d-zRsHOM/#mb=940422036.4.%7C6%7C%7C6782975%7C%7C%7C19%7C%7C26644901%7Cd-zRsHOM%7C%7C8%7C%7C940422036%7Cza65%7C&__state__=1
(you can cut me off the picture if you like ;) )
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